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Q: PowerBook 1400cs password question

Hey folks!

I was recently given a PowerBook 1400cs/133, which had been previously used rather heavily but a few years ago fell into disuse. I've been rejuvenating it...I've gotten a new battery for it, updated it from 8.0 to 8.1, and cleaned up the hard drive.

This question pertains to the "Password Security" control panel. Yes, I've seen the previous thread about not being able to boot up due to a password being set. I don't know the password on what's newly my machine, but obviously I can boot into and use it without complication (and I do mean that no prompt appears at boot up which I have to hit cancel for). I can't update the hard disk drivers, which is telling.

Given that I can boot into OS 8.1, is there some way of recovering or changing said password? I'd ordinarily take it to an Apple Store, but I'm in college and there isn't one close by to begin with.

Thanks for any help you feel like offering!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11), also use a PowerBook 1400cs/133 running 8.1

Posted on Mar 5, 2008 2:47 PM

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  • by jpl,Helpful

    jpl jpl Mar 5, 2008 8:26 PM in response to whayworth
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    Mar 5, 2008 8:26 PM in response to whayworth
    whayworth,

    There is a way to remove the stored password but you will not find it on the Apple forums...it would be contrary to the TOU and certainly inappropriate. I am not trying to be a hardnose but just acquainting you the workings of this venue.

  • by whayworth,

    whayworth whayworth Mar 6, 2008 12:31 AM in response to jpl
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    Mar 6, 2008 12:31 AM in response to jpl
    Oh! I'm sorry!

  • by Appaloosa mac man,

    Appaloosa mac man Appaloosa mac man Mar 6, 2008 2:28 PM in response to whayworth
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    Mar 6, 2008 2:28 PM in response to whayworth
    Translation,

    click on someone's email link in their profile, contact them, convince them that you are legitimate, and then move on to solving your problem.

    My son bought a G3 iBook at a pawn shop and by the time we drove home, we figured out how to contact the prior owner. A quick phone call revealed the fact that the laptop was in fact stolen. We arranged a second trip to the big city to reunite the owner with their laptop.

    If you know the prior owner, or can search the bowels of the computer and find out the prior owner, that will go a long way towards legitimate computer dealings.

    Jim

  • by Tom Teesdale,

    Tom Teesdale Tom Teesdale Mar 7, 2008 6:48 PM in response to whayworth
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    Mar 7, 2008 6:48 PM in response to whayworth
    HI,
    If you can add, update, delete items from the harddrive, There may not be really a password set.
    As far as not being able to update the hard disc drivers. Two possibilities.

    For some non apple third party harddrives, the installer may not let you update. Will Disk Utility work for your harddrive? If not that is one way to know.

    Also some apple harddrives in pb1400s were missing a reference file that identified them as "Apple".
    there is a fix for this in the older software updates on this site.

    Tom